Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Beef Stew

Beef Stew is the ultimate cold weather comfort food and the Instant Pot let’s you have a delicious homemade beef stew in less than an hour. This Instant Pot Beef Stew recipe is sure to become a family favorite. With just a few simple ingredients, you have a delicious Beef Stew packed with tender veggies and a flavorful broth. Like me, you may have heard your friends talking about their Instant Pots and sharing recipes on Facebook. I purchased one back in July and it has quickly become one of my favorite kitchen appliances. Scroll to the bottom of this post for more Instant Pot Recipes that are great to start with!

Start by trimming off any excess fat from the stew meat. The Instant Pot doesn’t render the fat in the same way that a slow cooker does, so I find it’s best to start with less fat on the meat. The meat will still be tender, it’s just that the fat doesn’t melt away like it does if it’s cooked low and slow.

Toss the stew meat with flour, salt and pepper and sear. Honestly, when working with 3 pounds of stew meat, the searing can be the most time consuming part in an Instant Pot. The Instant Pot gets very hot, but the surface area for searing is not very big. I seared the meat in three batches to make sure each piece had a good sear. To speed the process along, you can sear the meat in a large cast iron skillet and knock it out in one batch.

Once the meat is seared, remove it from the Instant Pot and deglaze the pot using 1/2 cup of red wine. Any kind of red wine you prefer to drink will be fine! Once the wine has reduced, return meat to pot along with veggies, beef stock and tomato paste. Lock the lid in place and set Instant Pot to High Pressure for 20 minutes using manual mode. Let Natural Pressure Release for about 10 minutes and then turn valve releasing any excess pressure. Stir in parsley and additional salt and pepper as needed.

I’d love for you to keep up on my new projects and recipes. You can follow me on Facebook and Twitter. You can also find me on Pinterest, that’s my favorite place to hang out and I’d love to see you there.

Subscribe to our mailing list

If you like this recipe, you may also like some of my recent favorites:

Reader Interactions

Comments

First time using my Instant Pot! Made tthe stew with the addition of button mushrooms and balsamic vinegar instead of the red wine and itr got rave review from my spouse. Thanks so much for the reciepe 🙂